Thursday, March 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 04/03/2010



Where Android beats the iPhone
Android's openness, flexibility, and Java foundation make it the best choice for many developers and the businesses that depend on them
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Socialtext adds tools to manage its Twitter-like stream
One year after it added Signals, a Twitter-like microblogging component, to its eponymous enterprise social networking and collaboration suite, Socialtext is giving users features to manage that stream of posts.
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Paint with Illustrator's Gradient Mesh
Gradient Mesh is a grid-based painting technique in Illustrator that enables advanced coloring of vector objects with smooth and malleable color transitions. If you're reasonably familiar with Illustrator's Pen tool and other path-drawing, selection, and color tools, you can use the Gradient Mesh feature to add realistic coloring, lighting, and 3D characteristics to a flat vector object. Ultimately, gradient mesh can give you the effect of photo-realistic painting with all the benefits and freedom of resolution-independent vector artwork.
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Verizon Wireless confirms data outage
Verizon Wireless has confirmed that a data outage affected some eastern U.S. users during a four-hour period this morning.
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Internet freedom and security
It's already been a busy year in Internet freedom and security, with Google getting hacked, Hillary Clinton speaking out, the FTC notifying companies about P2P threats and ZeuS Trojan attacks
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Microsoft cranks out new identity management software
Microsoft has begun shipping Forefront Identity Manager 2010, server software for provisioning and de-provisioning user access and privileges for network and database resources.
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Dial2Do: Hands-Free E-Mail, Texting, and More
It's a proven fact: texting while driving is insanely dangerous. Same goes for reading e-mail, updating your Facebook or Twitter status, and so on. Do yourself--and your fellow drivers--a favor and keep both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road.
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Google throws down the broadband gauntlet
You have to give Google points for great timing — and an entertaining sense of mischief. Just as the telcos are gearing up for battle with the FCC over the feasibility of widespread broadband, Google rolls out an audacious new plan to deliver gigabit/sec residential connectivity to some 500,000 users.
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SafeNet looks to secure data in the cloud
Encryption vendor SafeNet is now offering technologies that help enterprises securely store and access information held in third-party data centers.
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Researchers develop 3D graphics capability for Firefox
A group of researchers plans to release a version of the Firefox browser that includes the built-in ability to view 3D graphics, a capability that could open the door for more interactive Web pages from developers.
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